The program “Intégrate a la Vida” (Integrate youself into Life) is a program by Centro de Vida Cristiana, that began in Mexico City in 1997.

The specific objectives of the program are:

• To make people understand that only Jesus can really free people and therefore everyone who enters the center is clearly informed that Jesus is the only authentic way to true freedom through a reconciliation with Him and his purposes.

• To teach that only the fomation of positive habits can remove old bad habits. This is why in establishing a new relationship with God, real steps are taken and people can start to have a new understanding of their way of life, changing their beliefs, values, purposes, illusions and negative conduct for the truth.

• To help people understand that addictions are only part of the problem and that they cause a series of other problem that consequently have to be resolved. When you change your way of living accepting the government of Christ, in basis of the Holy Spirit’s power, people can be restored into a place of utility for God and for those that surround them. This implies a direct treatment of character, the way in which they get along with their families and the way they relate with others, so that the person can develop true and profound friends.
• Differently from other aid-groups, our program aims to restore the addicted to a normal way of life alongside their family, without having have to be dependant on the program for the rest of their lives.

• (STEP 1) I am responsible for my actions, the decisions that I have taken and continue to take in respect to my life. This is the principle of a real solution to the problems which distress me, if I really want to leave the addiction, I need to recognise my responsibility before God and those around me, without justification and without seeking to blame others.
• (STEP 2) Being responsible for my actions and the consequences of my actions, I should take concrete steps to reconcile myself with God, with my family and with society. In this step it is neccessary that there is an authentic act of repentance on my part.
• (STEP 3) I should realise that my own efforts, my rights, my religion, my studies, are not sufficient to solve my problem and recognise that only Christ can help me.
• (STEP 4) I should devote myself without reservation to the government of God, in other words, I commit myself to laying down the lifestyle in accordance with my own precepts, so that from now on I will live a life according to the precepts of God recorded in his word (the Bible).
• (STEP 5) I recognise the need of others in my life, because I am desposed to being taught, instructed and corrected as well as being restored and equipped in order to be of use to God, myslef and others.
• (STEP 6) In the process of restoration in my life I commit to doing everything humanly possible to reintegrate myself into my family, to confess and ask for forgiveness to all of the people who I have offended and to restore, within my capabilities, to those whom I have defrauded, robbed, the damage or libel with which they trusted me and i didn´t do or which I lost.
• (STEP 7) After coming to know the love and mercy of Christ, I will seek to serve others, helping those who suffer in the same way that I have suffered. I understand that my change of life is not only to stop drinking or taking drugs but also to be a new person, which I can only achieve with the help of God.